Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 12:06:38 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Jonathon McKitrick' <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: "whiteouts" in rm manpage Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D90@site2s1>
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Check through the mailing list archives on this. It's been discussed before. But, if I remember correctly, it is true. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathon McKitrick [SMTP:jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org] > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 11:55 AM > To: Dann Lunsford > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: "whiteouts" in rm manpage > > I read the man page on ep, and i saw the remark on the pencil mark. Is > that for real? Or *is* it a joke? > > On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Dann Lunsford wrote: > > >Was looking at the "rm" manpage, noticed something that had escaped > >my attention: the -W option. > > > > -W Attempt to undelete the named files. Currently, this > option > > can only be used to recover files covered by whiteouts. > > > >WHITEOUTS??? What is this? Never heard of it before and can't > >find any other refs (doesn't mean there aren't any, of course). > >After the "pencil mark on the card to enable something" in the > >ep(4) page, I'm a little, umm, *reluctant* to dismiss this as > >a joke :-). 3.3-STABLE, last built about a week ago. > > > > > > >Thanks! > > > >-- > >Dann Lunsford The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil > >dann@greycat.com is that men of good will do nothing. -- Cicero > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > Good day, eh? > > -jm > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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